October 14, Haikang County Lobby.

Although this public hall is small, there are all kinds of torture instruments on both sides, and twelve tall yacha holding water and fire long sticks are arranged on both sides of the court, showing the supremacy of official power in this era.

Normally, there is no reason for this county hall to be promoted, especially in the case of a vacancy in the county, and there will be nothing to be presided over by the county government. But in fact, there is indeed a public trial here today.

But I saw Master Diao, who was wearing the four-grade official uniform of the imperial court, walked to the public table and sat down, with a standard Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, his eyes faintly revealed evil like hatred, and he exuded a sense of righteousness.

Regarding the current officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, an ugly state of officialdom has gradually formed: judging people by their appearance. Officials with square faces are often more likely to be promoted, without even looking at the official's character and ability.

Diao Nan is stained with the light of his appearance, so he is luckier than most of the top three jinshi, and his official career is still quite smooth, and he is more likely to go one step further recently, becoming a criminal envoy in Guangdong, in charge of the justice of a province.

is also the same, his confidence is much higher than that of the general sub-patrol road, and even faintly wants to call himself the "king of western Guangdong".

"Ascension!"

Diao Nan leaned against the sea crescent screen, with a fair and honest plaque on his head, looked at the hall, his face was not angry and arrogant, and he patted the hall and said in a deep voice.

"Might-Might!"

Twelve officials dressed in general uniforms slammed their long sticks hard against the brick slabs, making a scalp-numbing "dong dong" sound, and sang in unison with their mouths open.

Sigh......

There were nearly 100 onlookers standing in the hall, but the dozen or so women standing at the front made a cheering voice, but the spearhead was directed at the sub-inspector in the hall.

In the hierarchical society of the Ming Dynasty, civil fighting officials are almost non-existent, and even such a public expression of their hearts is very rare. It's just that today's sub-patrol adults have enjoyed this kind of treatment and have become the object of public protest by some people.

The cause of the incident was the case that was tried in public today, and these people were dissatisfied with this move of the Patrol Road.

"Bring someone to commit Han Meng'er!"

Diao Nan heard these cheers, his brows furrowed slightly, but he did not change his original intention, and said in a deep voice.

Not to mention a few women who oppose it, even if thousands of women oppose it, it is impossible for him to compromise. This is a political struggle that is not small or small, how can he back down?

Soon, Han Meng'er, who was wearing shackles, was escorted to the court, her slender body was wearing a wide white prison robe, her expression was sad, and she looked so touching.

This sudden prison disaster made this young girl who was full of longing for a new life experience again and accepted a kind of torment of imminent death.

"Meng'er, cheer up, you are innocent!"

Zhang Min, Su Niang and others stood in front of the crowd, watching Han Meng'er being escorted up, Zhang Min said loudly and encouragingly.

Han Meng'er, who was in a trance, looked for prestige, and when she saw the familiar figures, her eyes immediately moistened.

She was actually confused about whether she had committed a crime and whether she should be beheaded.

When she stabbed Zhao Wu, she did have the determination to die with the other party, and she didn't want to marry this evil man who bullied men and women. It's just that her struggle is against the law of etiquette after all, and it is said that she really wants to be beheaded, so she even accepted this result at the beginning.

However, I am very fortunate that Hu Niu's brother judged that Zhao Wu was a fugitive from the imperial court, so he decided that her marriage contract with Zhao Wu was not valid, and chose to absolve her fault.

Faced with these two very different verdicts, she now does not know where to go, whether she is guilty or whether she should be pushed to the beheading.

Suddenly hearing Zhang Min's voice and hearing the extremely firm words, her nose was sore, and tears rolled in her eyes.

In this catastrophe, she felt that the biggest gain was to meet these good sisters and get this heavy friendship.

Diao Nan looked at Han Meng'er, who was escorted to the hall, but her face sank like water, and she asked in a deep voice according to the process: "Who is in the hall!" ”

"Folk girl Han Meng'er!" Han Meng'er seems to have power behind her, and she doesn't pretend to be a sinner.

Diao Nan frowned slightly, and said in a shocked voice: "You can be guilty!" ”

"The folk girl doesn't know!" Han Meng'er was startled by the startling sound, but bit her lower lip and protested.

"What you have committed is indignant to God and God, and now you still do not repent, and you will be punished by this official!" Diao Nan's face changed, and he was about to be tortured immediately.

Execution, a kind of criminal law that uses bamboo boards to pinch fingers, is undoubtedly a kind of destruction for skilled female workers. In particular, Han Meng'er was originally a female worker in the joint workshop, this kind of criminal law is undoubtedly devastating, although it will not cause death, but I am afraid that the job will be lost in the future.

"My lord, if the folk girl is not satisfied, why should she use torture against Meng'er?" When Zhang Min heard this, he immediately protested loudly in the hall.

"Who is making noise in the hall!" Diao Nan had already seen that Zhang Min was not pleasing to the eye, and then stared at her and said in a deep voice.

"Folk woman Zhang Min!" Zhang Min was originally spicy, but at this time he said-for-tat: "The adults are so indiscriminate to punish Han Meng'er, and a hundred women are not convinced!" ”

"You woman doesn't know what to do! Han Meng'er committed a felony of intending to murder her husband, and the Lord of the Patrol Road is now preaching the law of etiquette, so you don't want to make noise here! A respectable squire stood up and said to Zhang Min.

"Whew! You old man still has the face to stand here, when you said goodbye to a court prisoner, you were Zhao Wu's accomplice, and you should be tried in court today! Zhang Min took a sip, then pointed at the other party and gritted his teeth.

This respected squire was indeed the thread that helped Zhao Wu at the beginning, but his status was there, so no one dared to accuse him of not, and now when he heard Zhang Min say that he was an accomplice, he immediately said angrily: "You don't spray people with blood here, all because her father and mother are greedy for money, and they have nothing to do with the old man!" ”

"You've pushed it all out now! In the past, you pushed Meng'er into the fire pit, and today you still want to push Meng'er to the head-cutting platform, your old heart must be black! Zhang Min was already holding his stomach, and at this time, no matter how prestigious this person was in Leizhou City, all his anger was sprinkled on him.

The old man was so angry that he trembled, but he didn't know how to refute it. What made him even more angry was that being accused like this by this sharp-toothed woman would inevitably damage his reputation.

Syllable!

The shocking wood in the hall suddenly sounded, but he saw Master Diao drooping his face and said in a deep voice to Zhang Min: "This official has decided the case, how can you be allowed to preach as a woman!" Come, stick 20 boards and chase them! ”

No one thought that this sub-patrol lord would be so unreasonable and have to wait for the criminal law at every turn.